Important Dates

Dhu al-Hijja/April: Death of Mawlay ar-Rashid and accession of his brother Mawlay Ismail

Ramadan-Shawwal/June-July: Siege of the occupied city of Ceuta by Prince Sidi Muhammad b. Abd Allah

Abandonment by Mawlay Abd ar-Rahman, under pressure from European powers, of all activities related to privateering

Rabi I-Rabi II/April: Establishment of a French military camp near the mausoleum of Lalla Maghnia on Oued Tafna and resumption of skirmishes between the Moroccan and French parties

Defeat of the Moroccan army against Spanish forces and occupation by Spain of the city of Tetouan

25 Rabi II/30 October: Signature in Madrid, between Spain and Morocco represented by the Sultan's brother, Mawlay al-Abbas, of a complementary convention aimed at settling the aftermath of the Tetouan war

3 Dhu al-Hijja/7 June: Death of Sultan Mawlay al-Hasan at Dar Ould Zidouh, on the way to the city of Fez, and self-proclamation of the chamberlain Ba Hmad as regent for the young Mawlay Abd al-Aziz

30 March: Signature in Fez of the Treaty of the Protectorate

1 February: Publication of the first issue of the Official Bulletin in its Arabic version with the title Al Jarida Rassmiya Liddawla Lmaghribiya Lmahmiya (Official Bulletin of the Protected Cherifian State of Morocco)